[Tor-censorship-events] [IMPORTANT] How sad would you be if we shut down this mailing list?

[Karsten Loesing]

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On 11/08/15 16:12, Patrick wrote:
> I'd be pretty sad but I guess I'm in the minority?
> 
> This is a great way to keep track of the fluctuations of Tor usage
> around the world. When there's a big event going on, eg protests
> and censorship in Turkey, it's really phenomenal to be able to turn
> here and get some numbers on how people are responding.

Noted.

This is not exactly about finding out whether the majority of people
want to keep the list or get rid of it.  It's about finding out
whether there are important reasons for keeping it.

I'll summarize the feedback I received on and off list tomorrow.

Thanks for your response!

All the best,
Karsten



> On Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Karsten Loesing
> <karsten at torproject.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear person who is interested in Tor censorship events,
> 
> how sad would you be if we shut down the tor-censorship-events@ 
> mailing list?
> 
> I'm asking, because I'm about to move the Metrics website to a new 
> host, and I'd want to leave behind any unused parts while doing
> so. This list very much looks like the perfect candidate for not
> being moved.
> 
> Here's why:
> 
> - All mails sent to this list in August covered July 30, and yet 
> nobody noticed.
> 
> - A couple months back I changed how userstats are updated from
> daily to every three days, but I didn't adapt the script sending
> out these mails, which still only covers a single day, and yet
> nobody noticed.
> 
> - The links contained in these emails have been broken since
> November 2014, and yet nobody noticed.
> 
> Note that I understand the desire to be informed about
> automatically detected censorship of the Tor network.  But this
> script and mailing list is not what we want, it just leaves us
> under the impression that we have a somewhat working solution.  We
> don't.  And maybe that even prevents people from building something
> better.
> 
> Here's my plan:
> 
> - If I hear a convincing reason why we should keep this mailing
> list in the next 72 hours (that would be Wednesday, August 12,
> 12:00 UTC), I'll move it to the new host and will even try to fix
> the bugs above.
> 
> - If I don't hear such a reason, I'll kill the list with fire.
> 
> Thoughts?  (Just respond to this list, and I'll manually approve
> your posting, despite this list not being a discussion list.)
> 
> All the best, Karsten
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